Chapter 913: Simulated Universe: The Unknowable Realm (19)

Like ants trying to measure the depth of the ocean, even though they recognize none of the formulas and symbols written, they still want to record them; the deity's thought lasts only this instant—how many years must we wait for its next appearance?

……

On the other side, Zu An.

"What the hell is this…" Xi Erke lifted his glass, took a small sip, and muttered to himself.

He could not at all grasp the meaning of those heavenly formulas. The twisted lines resembled the tentacles of some unknown creature, winding and crawling through the air, interwoven with countless intricate characters to form an extremely abstract pattern. They followed Pa Ti Wei Ya's thoughts, converging and dispersing, like a madman splashing paint across the sky, painting the most insane picture.

"Bao Bao, can you understand the content of those formulas above?"

Xi Erke could perceive that these patterns were knowledge worth a fortune, ripples of a deity's thoughts; he was well aware of their importance, but his limited learning left him unable to fully comprehend their content.

If the scholars of Piiertewofu were to decipher this knowledge while Zu An could not, what then? Wouldn't Zu An fall forever behind Piiertewofu?

"I don't get it," Jin Kesi waved impatiently, "How could such incomprehensible formulas be understood?"

At first she tried to decipher one or two of the formulas, but soon her eyelids fought a battle with sleep, and she simply gave up.

"Damn, it seems we need to send someone else to investigate the situation at Piltover University; if those people develop something, it would be detrimental to our Zu An…"

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"You cannot expect primitive, slash‑and‑burn humans to learn the principles of an antimatter engine. Even if you show them the spark of a fusion reactor, no one will connect it to the star above their heads."

"In short—Pa Ti Wei Ya cannot grasp the knowledge before her; she cannot comprehend the question she seeks to answer! She doesn't understand!"

"She is a failure who cannot step out of the circle."

"She hopes to pour the ocean‑like knowledge before her into her mind, yet her wisdom is but a single water molecule in the sea, unable to contain such massive information."

"Bo Shi Zun cast his gaze at the Seer of Thought; he remained silent, as always. The scepters that spanned the Emperor's realms faltered step by step, and knowledge streamed out from countless questions toward their sole destination."

"Pa Ti Wei Ya numbly recorded the knowledge before her, forcefully shoving it into her mind. She was so powerless that she could not even tell whether the knowledge was being actively recorded by herself or being fed into her consciousness by Bo Shi Zun."

"0.1 seconds later, the final core became scrap metal."

"Pa Ti Wei Ya crawled on the ground, frantically searching for a place to inscribe the formulas. She grasped a rusted metal piece, scraped away the flower clusters, and desperately etched the fleeting mysteries of her mind onto the metal—the ripple. She could not decipher the formulas' meaning, but relying on her remaining memory, she filled every corner of the graveyard with them before she was utterly exhausted."

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Dragon Clan.

"Despair."

This was Fengger's sole comment on Scholar Pa Ti Wei Ya at this moment.

Using the external brain left by Lu Po Te II to peer into Bo Shi Zun's thoughts, yet the mediocre remain mediocre; even after engraving countless pieces of knowledge in their minds, they ultimately cannot understand. The chasm between the mediocre and the genius is thus; no matter how many scholars undergo hundreds of Amber Eras of deduction, the gap remains unbridgeable.

"EVA, what can these formulas compute?" As soon as the formulas appeared, EVA began recording; every fleeting symbol in the heavens was captured into its database without exception. Yet after some time of deduction, the girl floating on the screen still shook her head regretfully.

"Still can't do it?" Fengger furrowed his brow, a barely perceptible disappointment flashing in his eyes, "... not even a single symbol can be solved?"

"Sorry, Fengger… we can't."

"Ah, compared to that, our Earth civilization is no better than monkeys that only know how to beat with sticks," Fengger sighed, "If deciphering these formulas requires a modern civilization, then we are probably still at the caveman stage."

EVA gently reassured, "There's no need to feel defeated; even Scholar Pa Ti Wei Ya cannot grasp these symbols and knowledge, so it's unsurprising we can't. To understand them, Earth's civilization may need to develop for another thousand years before it can formally interface with the Bo Shi Society."

Fengger also expressed understanding; for a civilization that cannot even leave its own solar system, attempting to comprehend this knowledge is beyond its capacity. Yet when they think the deity's knowledge lies before them, they still cannot read it… He could at least partly empathize with Scholar Pa Ti Wei Ya's frustration.

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"Many years later, Scholar Pa Ti Wei Ya became Dr. Pa Ti Wei Ya; the formulas she left became the legendary Solitary Wave Algorithm problem, puzzling scholars for nearly a hundred Amber Eras until a girl named Hei Ta solved it."

"This Solitary Wave Algorithm problem made me a genius, laying the computational foundation for the Simulated Universe. From this perspective, the grand sect wars and Lu Po Te II's legacy are merely footnotes to the Solitary Wave Algorithm problem."

"Hei Ta placed her hands behind her back and said calmly, 'Dr. Pa Ti Wei Ya toiled and collaborated with a friend, ultimately proposing the Solitary Wave Algorithm problem. People praised her for posing the question, yet lamented that she could not solve it… At least that's how the books I've read describe it.'"

"Thousands of scepters were filled with the scholars' questions, exhausting computational power and becoming space debris. After the entire scepter system collapsed, the sects set aside their differences and returned to a harmonious atmosphere of exchange and cooperation; thus the history recorded by scholars reads."

"Born of absurd prophecy, it left only a mess of feathers scattered about."

"…I now understand, this is what the Society wanted to hide."

"…and this Unknowable Realm…" Hei Ta smiled, nodding slightly, "Thank you, Scholar Pa Ti Wei Ya. You once crossed time to leave a problem, and I provided the answer. Yet when I faced the problem, you crossed time again to give me inspiration—though we have never met."

"We are all trapped in a circle of knowledge, seeing only phenomena, not essence. From a higher realm, the signal's true nature is a ripple. If the fog of the Unknowable Realm obscures our sight, then all we must do is step out of the obstructed knowledge circle…"

"To the higher world, to look down!"